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Vienna, Austria

Kunsthistorisches Museum

The Habsburg collection in a palace built specifically to hold it.

Kunsthistorisches Museum
Photo: Kunsthistorisches Museum

The largest Bruegel collection in the world hangs here, along with Vermeer, Caravaggio and Velázquez. The café under the central dome is one of the most beautiful places to sit down in any museum in Europe.

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Opening hours and prices change regularly — always check the museum’s own site before you travel.

Do not miss

  • Bruegel collection
  • The Art of Painting by Vermeer
  • The Kunstkammer
  • The domed café

On show & coming up

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Head & Shoulders. Coins in Fashion
On nowWith kids
Head & Shoulders. Coins in Fashion
Nov 11, 2025

Nearly two hundred coin portraits at the Coin Cabinet, read as a fashion history: hairstyles, beards, jewellery and dress across more than 2,400 years.

On nowWith kids
My Story – Ancient Female Portraits and Their Afterlife
Apr 17, 2026 — Sep 20, 2026

Showcase EXTRA #8 in the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities: ancient portraits of women, and the long second life those faces have had in later art.

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